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Akhenaten: We can all learn.
Who was this Visionary? In the 18th dynasty of the Egyptian civilization a boy was born to the Pharaoh Amenhotep III. His name was given for his father's namesake and in honor of his most beloved god, Amenhotep IV. He was not the first in line to succeed his father; however, when his older brother died suddenly he was appointed the heir.
By Emily Marie Concannon5 years ago in FYI
Father of Scientist Sir Thomas Alva Edison
Edison's first invention was patented by an electronic voice recorder in June 1869. Frightened by politicians "not wanting to use the device, Edison decided he would not waste time in the future inventing things that no one else wanted.
By Radha Karki5 years ago in FYI
Left Brain VS Right Brain
The widespread view that your dominant personality traits are related to which side of your most powerful brain control has been around for over 200 years and has spread across the Buzzfeed personality puzzle, but is by no means true. In fact, humans use both parts of the brain to create meaning and skill in both.
By Radha Karki5 years ago in FYI
Importance of Herbal Medicine
Since the development of human culture, the use of medicinal plants has had a profound effect on magic and religion, and in each practice, there have been differing views on the concept of health and disease. While synthetic drugs act as if they have no long-term effects on the human body, medicinal plants act as a combined probiotic with few side effects in the body.
By Radha Karki5 years ago in FYI
1536: Henry VIII’s Cheese Slides Off His Cracker
1536 was a year chock-full of pivotal events that irrevocably altered Henry VIII’s life and England’s history. Posterity remembers Henry as a deranged tyrant, but that’s only part of the story. It was during that fateful year of injuries, loss, betrayals, and threats to his authority that the Henry remembered by history came to be.
By Kathy Copeland Padden5 years ago in FYI
How The Einstein Theory Relativity Changed The Way We Think About Gravity?
The secret of gravity which is subject to Einstein's general theory of relativity was revealed in a series of papers submitted to the Prussian Academy in Berlin in November of a century ago.
By Alekzendar Hums5 years ago in FYI
In Which Theory Is Hydrogen Bomb Related
North Korea announced Sunday that it was conducting its sixth and most powerful nuclear test with what it called a sophisticated hydrogen bomb (H-bomb). Experts have not verified whether it was an H-bomb, but they agree it caused an explosion that surpassed previous tests. The characteristic mushroom cloud that initiated the formation of the first H bomb over the US Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific Ocean on November 6, 1952.
By Alekzendar Hums5 years ago in FYI
Is Any Movie Made In Space?
The inhumane emptiness of space forces the characters to confront their private fears and self-doubts and inspires us to ask existential and epistemological questions that fascinate us. Like most great space films, Ape is steeped in wonder and mystery, but unlike most successful science fiction films, his portrayal isolates and amplifies our own weaknesses at different times. The original ape may not be a space movie compared to some of the others on this list but its protagonist is an astronaut and starts in space.
By albert bean5 years ago in FYI
